Possible Frost Mounds in an Ancient Martian Lake Bed

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-107

  Cabrol, Nathalie A ^a   Grin, Edmond A ^a   Pollard, Wayne H ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Ices; Impact processes; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002275607     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6326     Document Type: Article

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